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colum (s.xii1)

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colum (s.xii1)

colom;  colombe;  colon;  coloumb,  coloumbe;  columb,  columbe,  columble,  colump;  colun;  colunb;  coulompne,  coulon;  culumb,  culun  (coylun ),
(pl. colombias  84.416 culveres  118.334)  
  FEW:  columbus 2/ii,930b Gdf:  colon 2,185a GdfC: TL: colom 2,570 DEAF:  colom  DMF:  coulon 1  TLF:  colombe 1  OED:  colombe n.  MED: DMLBS:  columba 385c

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orn.zool.dove, pigeon
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Chi dunrat a mei pennes sicum de columbe  73.54.6
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Uns colums est, [...] Ki a sum columber Altres fait repairer  2389
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  Sovent vit seint Espirt ditant En semblance d’un coulon blanc  2824
( s.xiiim; MS: s..xiiiex )  tu verras descendre le Seint Esperit en guise de colump  86.151
( MS: c.1250 )  hec columba: columbe  i 425
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 )  Coulon (M.E. dowfe) grousse, cog (M.E. cok) chante  (O) 333rb
(as term of affection) dove, sweetheart
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  venez a moi ma amie, moun coloumb, ma bele, ma nette espuse  200.18
colum croze
croze
colum errer
orn.zool.homing, nesting pigeon
( MS: c.1310 )  ount pris et venduz tous les columbes eirrers du columber avantdit  306
colum ramage
ramage
colum ramel
ramel1
colum ramier
ramier
pé de colum
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This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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